Divider for mowing-machines



(No Model.)

P. J. J. SGHUETT.

. DIVIDER FOR MOWING MACHINES. No. 446,894. Patented Feb. 24,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED. J. J. SCI-IUETT, OF SAGINAIV, MICHIGAN.

DIVIDER FOR MOWlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 446,894, dated February 24, 1891.

Application filed September 8, 1890. Serial No. 364,276. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED. J. J. SOHUETT. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Dividers for Mowing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is afuli, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of track cleaners and dividers in mowing-machines in which the divider has a vertical movement independent of the shoe which supports the free end of the finger-bar; and it consists in the fender or guard forming a part of the shoe in front of and over the point of the dirider which is supported on the track-cleaner or grass-board, having a recess in which the point of the divider has a free vertical play,

and in the construction, combination, and arran gement of the several parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my dividei guard attached to the finger-bar. Fig.

2 is a vertical section through the guard' shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

In the drawings, A represents the fingerbar of a mowing-machine, which is provided with the usual knives or cutters.

B is a shoe attached to the outerend of the finger-bar in order to support it and to regulate the height of the cut of the knives. The finger-bar rests in the recess 1) in the shoe and is attached to the shoe by the bolt a. The bottom of the shoe curves upward both in front and rear to permit of its easy passage over the ground.

I) is a recess in the shoe, in which the knives or cutters on the finger-bar play.

C is the fender or guard over the front end E of the divider D, which arises from the forward point of the shoe and extends upward and backward until it reaches a point over the intersection of the finger-bar with the shoe. This fender is supported at its rear extremity by the standard C, which arises from the shoe over the recess 1) and extends upward until it meets the fender or guard O.

c is a slot cutin the standard 0, in which the point E of the divider D rests, and is of sufficient length to allow of the vertical play of the point of the divider, in order to allow the shoe to accommodate itself to the inequalities of the ground without straining the connection of the divider with the track or grass board.

b is a vertical recess in the rear end of the shoe, in which the front end of the track or grass board G is inserted.

The divider D is acurved bar terminating in a point E, from which point a brace F extends backward-and ends in the arm F, the lower end of which turns at right angles to the body of the arm outwardly, and passing through the rear end of the shoe secures the track-board in the slot 11 where it is secured by the screw and nutf.

H is another brace secured to the divider D at any proper point and projecting downwardly, and connected to the track or grass board by a bolt and nut or in any other convenient manner. The divider D must be so connected with the shoe and track-board as to bring the point E and part of the brace F in or through the slot 0 in the standard 0'. This fender or guard may be made without any opening from side to side; but the slot 0 must be retained to receive and cover the point E of the divider.

By this construction and arrangement the dividing of the grass or grain will be commenced by the guard or fender on the shoe before the work is thrown on the divider, and the outer end of the divider will be protected from any knotting or matting of the grass or grain, &c.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is In a mowing-machine, the combination of a shoe attached to and supporting the free end of the finger-bar, with a shield protecting the forward end of the divider carried on the shoe, the divider supported by the shoe and track-board, and the trackboard attached to and following the shoe, all substantially as described. 1

FRED. J. J. SCI-IUETT.

Vito esses:

' CHARLES W. NOBLE,

GEO. S. Fsosr. 

